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South African Daniel Spence (HSBC) has taken the lead in the Giro del Capo after finishing fifth in the third stage. Spence was part of a six man breakaway that finished 23 seconds in front of the main bunch, and 2'58 behind stage winner Zbigniew Piatek (Mroz).
Piatek's victory came after a 50 kilometre solo breakaway, which included the tough climb of Du Toit's Kloof Pass. On this climb, a group of five detached itself from the peloton containing David George (Astrolabe), Allan Davis (Mapei espoirs), Piotr Chmielewski (Mroz), Artour Babaitsev (Nürnberger), and Malcolm Lange (HSBC).
Daniel Spence had to close a 40 second gap over the top, which he managed to do on the descent into Paarl. Alan Davis won the sprint for second place, with David George finishing right behind him for third. The next group with race leader Bjorn Glasner finished another 23 seconds behind, followed by several other small groups.
Glasner was bumped down to second place overall behind Spence after spending most of the day defending his lead.
Tomorrow's fourth stage is a 40 kilometre circuit race in Cape Town.
1 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 4.29.24 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 2.58 3 David George (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 4 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 5 Daniel Spence (RSA) HSBC 6 Artour Babitsev (Rus) Nürnberger 7 Malcolm Lange (RSA) HSBC 8 Timo Scholz (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 3.21 9 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 10 Ian Mcleod (RSA) HSBC 11 Alwyn Scheepers (RSA) EDS 12 Mannie Heymans (Nam) Grinaker/LTA Namibia 13 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Minolta 14 Neil Mac Donald (RSA) HSBC 15 Darren Lill (RSA) Microsoft 16 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 17 Nicholas White (RSA) HSBC 18 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Cologne 19 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 4.20 20 Eugen Wacker (Ger) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 21 Wesley Cole (RSA) City Cyclelab/CSC 22 Johan Van Der Berg (RSA) Microsoft 23 Jeff Howes (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 24 Craig Butland (RSA) City Cyclelab/CSC 25 Jacque Le Roux (RSA) EDS 26 Jaco Odendaal (RSA) Minolta 27 Simon Kessler (RSA) Microsoft 28 Ryan Cox (RSA) Cologne 29 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 30 James Perry (RSA) Ryder/BOE 5.24 31 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 5.48 32 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 33 Jac Louis Van Wyk (RSA) Velo Cycling Club 5.57 34 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Minolta 35 Adrian Maaske (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 36 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 37 Graeme Cronje (RSA) Espress Bar Panda 38 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 6.54 39 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 40 Alex Galvin (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 6.56 41 Juergen Pauritsch (Aut) Nürnberger 42 Erik Hoffman (Nam) Grinaker/LTA Namibia 43 Owen Hannie (RSA) Microsoft 44 Hendrik Steytler (RSA) Ryder/BOE 45 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Microsoft 46 Ross Grant (RSA) EDS 8.03 47 Wayne Durandt (RSA) Espress Bar Panda 9.03 48 Gary Merkel (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar Cycles 49 Paul Minnaar (RSA) SACF Development 50 Clinton Gerber (RSA) Espress Bar Panda 51 Alexander Lamberts (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar Cycles 52 Peter Lambert (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 53 Bill Moore (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar Cycles 54 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 11.18 55 Jaco Ferreira (RSA) EDS 11.46 56 Reinhardt Du Plessis (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 12.05 57 Jaco De Witt (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar Cycles 12.08 58 Remigius Lupejkis (Ltu) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 59 Andre Schulze (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 60 Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Cologne 61 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Cologne 12.22 62 Konrad Siebrits (RSA) SACF Development 13.14 63 Welcome Stokwe (RSA) SACF Development 64 Pierre-Henri Olivier (RSA) Sub 3 13.23 65 Marco Van Dommelen (RSA) Minolta 14.33 66 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step Espoir 15.13 67 Geddan Ruddock (RSA) Ryder/BOE 17.51 68 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Nürnberger 69 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger 70 Michal Hrazdira (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 71 Brian Loff (RSA) SACF Development 72 Stuart Anderson (RSA) Ryder/BOE 22.20 73 Michael Ellis (RSA) Sub 3 74 Deon Klopper (RSA) Velo Cycling Club 75 Dirk Muller (Ger) Cologne 76 Chris Mountjoy (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 77 Barry Austin (RSA) Minolta 78 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 79 Mauritz Brummer (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 80 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Nürnberger 81 Hendri Du Plessis (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar Cy 22.46 82 Alex Pavlov (RSA) Velo Cycling Club 22.53 83 Craig Whittaker (RSA) Sub 3 23.47 General classification after stage 3 1 Daniel Spence (RSA) HSBC 10.14.11 2 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Cologne 0.19 3 David George (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 0.35 4 Artour Babitsev (Rus) Nürnberger 5 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 6 Nicholas White (RSA) HSBC 0.48 7 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 0.52 8 Ian Mcleod (RSA) HSBC 0.58 9 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Minolta 10 Neil Mac Donald (RSA) HSBC 11 Timo Scholz (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 12 Mannie Heymans (Nam) Grinaker/LTA Namibia 1.02 13 Darren Lill (RSA) Microsoft 1.05 14 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 1.57 15 Ryan Cox (RSA) Cologne 16 Jeff Howes (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 17 Simon Kessler (RSA) Microsoft 2.04 18 Jaco Odendaal (RSA) Minolta 2.07 19 Johan Van Der Berg (RSA) Microsoft 2.12 20 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 3.25 21 Wesley Cole (RSA) City Cyclelab/CSC 3.26 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 3.54 23 Juergen Pauritsch (Aut) Nürnberger 4.33 24 Jac Louis Van Wyk (RSA) Velo Cycling Club 5.03 25 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 5.10 26 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 6.50 27 Malcolm Lange (RSA) HSBC 7.08 28 Eugen Wacker (Ger) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 7.49 29 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Microsoft 9.06 30 Graeme Cronje (RSA) Espress Bar Panda 9.45 31 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Cologne 9.55 32 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 10.14 33 Owen Hannie (RSA) Microsoft 10.25 34 Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Cologne 16.12 35 Alwyn Scheepers (RSA) EDS 16.48 36 Reinhardt Du Plessis (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 17.27 37 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Suprady 17.45 38 Craig Butland (RSA) City Cyclelab/CSC 17.47 39 James Perry (RSA) Ryder/BOE 18.51 40 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 19.15 41 Adrian Maaske (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 19.21 42 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Minolta 19.24 43 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 20.21 44 Alex Galvin (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 20.23 45 Jacque Le Roux (RSA) EDS 20.40 46 Ross Grant (RSA) EDS 21.29 47 Clinton Gerber (RSA) Espress Bar Panda 22.30 48 Bill Moore (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar Cycles 49 Hendrik Steytler (RSA) Ryder/BOE 23.41 50 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 24.45 51 Jaco Ferreira (RSA) EDS 25.13 52 Remigius Lupejkis (Ltu) Peaceforce-MROZ-Suprady 25.34 53 Andre Schulze (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 25.35 54 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 25.45 55 Paul Minnaar (RSA) SACF Development 56 Peter Lambert (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 26.05 57 Alexander Lamberts (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar C 26.13 58 Pierre-Henri Olivier (RSA) Sub 3 26.50 59 Wayne Durandt (RSA) Espress Bar Panda 26.57 60 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step Espoir 27.34 61 Marco Van Dommelen (RSA) Minolta 28.00 62 Welcome Stokwe (RSA) SACF Development 29.49 63 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 29.54 64 Konrad Siebrits (RSA) SACF Development 31.08 65 Erik Hoffman (Nam) Grinaker/LTA Namibia 31.20 66 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger 31.56 67 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Nürnberger 35.45 68 Michal Hrazdira (Cze) Wustenrot ZVVZ 35.45 69 Dirk Muller (Ger) Cologne 35.47 70 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Nürnberger 71 Chris Mountjoy (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 72 Mauritz Brummer (RSA) V-Ster-Kinekor 73 Stuart Anderson (RSA) Ryder/BOE 74 Michael Ellis (RSA) Sub 3 75 Hendri Du Plessis (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar Cy 36.13 76 Barry Austin (RSA) Minolta 36.37 77 Geddan Ruddock (RSA) Ryder/BOE 38.51 78 Gary Merkel (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar Cycles 39.34 79 Alex Pavlov (RSA) Velo Cycling Club 39.37 80 Jaco De Witt (RSA) Trek / Fritz Pienaar Cycles 42.39 81 Brian Loff (RSA) SACF Development 43.53 82 Deon Klopper (RSA) Velo Cycling Club 50.01 83 Craig Whittaker (RSA) Sub 3 50.54 Points classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 18 pts 2 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 12 3 Malcolm Lange (RSA) HSBC 12 4 Nicholas White (RSA) HSBC 10 5 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Cologne 10 6 Daniel Spence (RSA) HSBC 6 7 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 6 8 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Cologne 4 9 Adrian Maaske (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 3 10 Jacque Le Roux (RSA) EDS 2 11 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Suprady 2 12 Remigius Lupejkis (Ltu) Peaceforce-MROZ-Suprady 1 13 Alex Pavlov (RSA) Velo Cycling Club 1 14 Ross Grant (RSA) EDS 1 Mountains classification 1 Nicholas White (RSA) HSBC 38 pts 2 David George (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 24 3 Daniel Spence (RSA) HSBC 22 4 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 18 5 Jacque Le Roux (RSA) EDS 14 6 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Peaceforce-MROZ-Supradyn 11 7 Alwyn Scheepers (RSA) EDS 10 8 Adrian Maaske (RSA) Astrolabe / Omega 9 9 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Cologne 8 10 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Minolta 8 11 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 8 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 6 13 Malcolm Lange (RSA) HSBC 6 14 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Cologne 6 15 Mannie Heymans (Nam) Grinaker/LTA Namibia 5 16 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Leipzig 5 17 Ryan Cox (RSA) Cologne 3 18 Artour Babitsev (Rus) Nürnberger 2 19 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 1 Teams classification 1 Team HSBC 30.44.12 2 Microsoft 3.42 3 Wiesenhof Leipzig GS2 7.07 4 Cologne 10.32 5 Peaceforce-Mroz-Supradyn 12.07 6 Minolta 20.50 7 Wurstenrot ZVVZ 22.58 8 Team GS3 Mapei-Quick Step 31.42 9 Team Nürnberger 34.47 10 'V' Ster Kinekor 38.08 11 Astrolabe/Omega 40.50 12 Team EDS 54.26 13 Espress Bar Panda 57.33 14 Trek/Fritz Pienaar Cycling 1.09.34 15 Ryder/Boe 1.12.11 16 Sacf Developement 1.21.48 17 Velo Cycling Club 1.33.03 18 Sub 3 1.51.52